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v ,." '," by Bill Mctlgher Salem Streets, The work that must be done Includes: the Assistant Editor The plan also calis for the elimination of . removal of concrete bike racks, the con , the bicycle palh along the south side of Holt struction of bike lots north of the Whitney " Hall to legion Avenue, This Is the only bike Hall recreation center and a lot 10 be To be able to ride your bike to class has path currently open within the core area of established In the Yuba Hall parking lot. Some Campus apparently gone the way of the nickel beer, campus, Also Included Is the construction and Next fall, students will be parking their Tho estimated cost for the project Is development of the WhUney Hali bike lot. bikes In new parking lots on the perimeter , $48,500, The chairman of the committee, Greg " Bike Racks To of the campus, At a meeting on April 16, the commUtee Francis, said the committee has been ~ The plan, written by the Alternative voled to send the recommendation directly studying the problem for some time, but It Transportation Committee, recommends to the vice president for administration, was only possible to do the needed work Be Removed that the unlversUy construcl- or add on to This move was necessary so that the work during the summer when fewer students are - three new bicycle parking lots, remove on the project could begin this summer, 'on campus, the racks from the center of campus and Otherwise, the project would have been held develop a bike lane between Arcadian and for ayear, See Bikes Page 7 May 14,1986 Volume 16 No. 14 J \' ! California State University Chico Graduation Is ,finally hero and every Chico , '. " .•. J ~ ; "' graduate Is' feeling mixed emotions for what !Ies ahoad In the "roal world," ••. t;"7"'~-"j' < " ", .,,' r.M~H!)!!, this Uf.Cl!E!,ge .. l!~ryJ ",~:~;,: slewly. if they ever change at alL- The Eagles '-"".' _ Sad Cafe , , From The Long Run Album In The Orion Local"""""""""""",.",2 Campus Quotes"""""""", 8 NewsNotes""""""""",.,10 Opinions"""",.""""" "",12 Arts and Leisure,.""""" ,," 16 The Calendar",."" """"",,24 Sports"""",."""""""",26 Classified"""""".""", '" ,32 , :,' 1 ,J I' ( , -I ... -. - ,j .... _____.... ____ ...... ________... _____ ..... ....;., _____..... ___________ May14, 1986 Feminist Women's Health Center Abortion Protes t Con tin ues by Sheila Rooney administrator, one reason this but people need to be made aware that Stat/Writer amendment was sought resulted from it's more than just the removal of the disclosure of a client's Identity by tissue, It's murder," said Steffen. a protester, By picketing In front of the center, Women seeking services of the Ademonstrator recognized a woman Steffen believes, people are made Chico Feminist Women's Health Center entering the center, and then placed a aware of what Is going on In there, and last Saturday encountered pro· life call to the woman's family, said it "hits their heart more," demonstrators carrying signs Heckert. However, the escorts of the center proclaiming "Do Babies Have to Die Heckert believes the demonstrators are Slill vehementiy opposed to. the r) Today?" and "Don't Kill the Babies." are using their First Amendment right protesters, ;"; .. -'";7"~"" Since November, determined as a smokescreen, to Intimidate and "I hate them," Slated escort Jacque protesters have aired opposition to the harass women who choose to have Tennant. "They're Interfering with abortion services offered at the center. abortions, these women Who want abortions, " Due to the demonstrators' disorderly However, protester Jean Helseth Fawn Hammond, another escort, behavior, atemporary restraining order stated that the demonstrators appear was angered by the protesters because was Issued on Feb. 12 by Superior each Saturday because they believe she believes they put undue stress on Court Judge Lloyd Mulkey. babies are being murdered Inside the women, "They preach Christianity, : I A few stipulations of this ruling center. but what they're doing Is cruel." restricted protesters from Human beings deserve th'e right to It's scary when women are already photographing, harassing or stepping live, stated Helseth. "A woman does frightened and they have to go through in the path of persons seeking the not have the right to kill her own child. these people, explained Hammond, center's services. No one has the 'right to kill another Furthermore, Mary Johnson, Pro-lifers continue to picket In addition, this ruling maintained human being," she explained, another escort of the center, main· that protesters keep a10 foot distance Nadine Weber, another demostrator, talned her wish Is to keep safe, legal years ago. Intimidate and scare women, from each other. commented, "God says thou shalt not access to abortion. Heckert added that the demon The center's ultimate goal Is the However, as a result of the many kill, and as a Christian I follow this Johnson also stated that protester strators' actions are highly removal of the protesters from Flume violations of this Injunction, an bellet." hostility has Increased as a result of questionable, If they want to Influence Street. amendment was Issued on April 25. She stated her job as ademonstrator the court Injunctions, current laws, protesting In front of the Heckert does not believe this goal This amendment stated that only Is to provide women with alternative She pointed out that clinic violence center Is not the way to achieve this will be attained In lower courts, but seven protesters could picket at the Information. "A baby has a right, too, follows)' pattern of peaceful protest, goal, said Heckert, maintained the center Is prepared to center, tocated' on' Flume Street We're here to speak for the rights of escalatirig Inlo violence, . "You don't stand In front of an take this case to Supreme Court, If between Third and Fourth Streilts, and the unborn," stated Weber. "Tti)s Issue has drawn all the nuts abortion clinic to change the laws on necessary, that demonstrators maintain a 10 foot In addition, pro·llle advocate Tom out of the woodwork,'1 said Johnson, the books, It only Intimidates women, "The kinds of relief we're asking for distance from each other at all times. Steffen stated he would like to see the She cited the Incidence of four bomb who are the victims of these zealots," would set a precedent, helping other This Includes coming to or leaving the Supreme' Court ruling on abortion threats since the demonstrators began stated Heckert, abortion clinics," said Heckert. She area. overturned, making abortion Illegal. In November, which were the first the She added that the protestors do not added that the center will be victorious According to Shauna Heckert, cllnjc "Abortion sounds like a nice word, center received since Its opening 13 have the constitutional right to harass, In achieving Its goal. Buffer Zone Dispute Heats Up Rancho Arroyo by Tonya Sparkes Included a buffer zone between the divisions going In, such as Foothill units Instead of 500 or 700, as he Halbert, Senior Writer project and the park, Park? would prefer, . According to Halbert, the Shastan "Actually, the fact that we have a "Also, has It been considered that "Actually, I'd like to see a second constructed homes will cost between 160·acre golf course Is going to lessen the school district Is already going access built right away. Every oc· $59,000 and $75,000, and will be Rancho Arroyo has been one of the some of the pressure on Bidwell. The broke trying to keep up with the cupled unit Is given an average of three available In six fioor plans and four hottest Issues to hit Chico In recent area of the park which borders Rancho facilities It has now?" dally trips; we're talking about a lot of different exterior elevations, years, Is pretty highly developed anyway, It Halbert countered the certified traffic," hesald. 'Estrella agreed that the project Is The controversy over the proposed Is not next to upper park, as some report has been made even more valid Estrella Is also concerened that the well·deslgned, but said It Is the 3,792 units located In northeast people have been led to believe," than It ever was before, Manzanita Bridge will have to be location which makes It undesirable, Chico has raged for nearly four years, Halbert said, "Originally, the report was drafted expanded to. encompass the slated "Rancho Arroyo would be perfect In Environmentalists and developers Chico State student Howard Estrella, for a project encompassing 4,668 expansion of the street to five lanes. the suburbia of Sacramento, but have stood toe to toe on Issues like the director of EnVironmental Advocates, units, It has since been reduced by Having constructed such Chico people have come to Chico to get away impact the land development would said the proposed buffer zone between 920 units throughout the project; this projects as Hollybrook and Waterford, from the city and morc Into a small· have on Bidwell Park, as Rancho Rancho and the park Is "Inadequate," Is an additional 91 acres of ground Halbert's company Is stressing Its town environment, " he said, Arroyo Is adjacent to the Wildwood "It Is long and wide and amounts to space without any homes at all. These local status as a positive point about Road area of the park, little else than a road nexl to a road," facts only serve to strengthen the Rancho Arroyo, Rancho Arroyo Is currently before While most Rancho Arroyo op· said Estrella, report," said Halbert, "I was born and raised In Chico, If I the Chico Planning Commission and ponents agree the development Is now "I don't want to stand In the park Questions have also arisen regarding would have had the same attitude that needs only to come before the city past the point of stopping, they are stili and look over houses, What Is really the traffic Impact on Wildwood Road Rancho's opponents have they council for final approval.